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Extreme Cold Watch, Nebraska

Severe

Wind chills as low as 32 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 32 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

Ended Thursday, January 22, 2026.

Replaced by the Extreme Cold Warning on Thursday, January 22, 2:53 in the morning.

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How much

Wind chill
As low as 32 below zero

Map

Map of Nebraska with this watch The Extreme Cold Watch covers O'Neill, Valentine, Ainsworth. O'NeillValentineAinsworthBurwellSOUTH DAKOTANEBRASKA20 mi O'NeillValentineAinsworthSOUTH DAKOTANEBRASKA25 mi O'NeillValentineAinsworthSOUTH DAKOTANEBRASKA50 mi O'NeillValentineAinsworthSOUTH DAKOTANEBRASKA50 mi
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Details from the National Weather Service

What
Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 32 below zero are possible across north central Nebraska.
Where
A portion of north central Nebraska.
When
From late Thursday night through Friday morning.
Impacts
The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 32 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.

Updates

  1. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
  2. Extreme Cold Watch issued for Friday overnight through Friday morning. January 21, 2026